Comparison Of Traditional Teaching Versus Brain Based Learning On Clinical Performance Of Nursing Students

Abstract

Background: Clinical performance is the outcome of combinations of knowledge and skills, which are measured by using various tools. The improvement in clinical performance, not only improves the skills but also has its impact on the attitude and confidence of students. Improvement of clinical performance directly affects patient satisfaction about the services provided. Objectives: To compare clinical performance of students in the traditional teaching group and the Brain Based Learning group. Material and Methods: Two-group posttest design was used. The sample size consisted of 225 third-year B.Sc. nursing students. Non-probability convenience sampling approach was used. The data collection tools included Bedside clinic format, Clinical

Evaluation format and Observation checklists which assessed post intervention.

Analysis: At the post-test 3, the clinical evaluation mean of the study group was 64.81 as opposed to the control group mean of 63.07, which highlights a significant change at the 0.05 level of significance. The mean clinical performance of the study group compared to the control group displayed a significant improvement in the clinical performance that was analyzed using bedside clinic scores and simulation-based scores.